Globe catcher



Feb. 10, 1942.

o. e. HALE ETAL 2,272,911

GLOBE CATCHER Filed Oct. 7, 1939 M/VfA/TORS' 0. 6. HALE 27 2. mum a)?Patented Feb. 10, 1942 UNITE STATES PATENT, OFFIQE GLOBE CATCHERApplication October 7, 1939, Serial No. 298,376

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a globe catcher and more particularly to acatching device for catching globes accidentally dropped in changinglight bulbs in overheadlighting fixtures.

In changing light bulbs of overhead lighting fixtures oi the type whichcomprises a reflector, a bulb-enclosing globe and an electric lightbulb, a workman making the change quite frequently has to assume anawkward position due to desks or benches and the like being positioneddirectly under the lighting fixture, and, accordingly, there is a dangerthat the large globe which encloses the light bulb and which must beremoved before the bulb can be changed might drop and injure peopleworking under the fixture unless the workman has a place to deposit theglobe.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple and cheapdevice for catching globes during the changing of light bulbs inoverhead fixtures.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, there is provided acloth basket, circular in configuration, to which there are attached twopairs of straps, terminating in a pair of hooks, which may be secured tothe reflector of an overhead light fixture to support the basketdirectly under the fixture to catch any globe or bulb accidentallydropped by an operator changing the bulb in the fixture and may be usedto hold the globe while the bulb is being changed.

A better understanding of the invention will be had by reference to thefollowing specification when considered in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a side elevational view of alighting fixture to which a basket of the type covered by the presentinvention has been attached during the changing of a light bulb in thefixture;

Fig. 2 is a plan view looking down on the light fixture from the top, asindicated by the arrows along the line 2-2 showing some details ofconstruction of the catcher; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view, taken along the line 3-3of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows, showing the hook connected toan overhead light fixture.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like refer ence characters designatethe same parts throughout the several views, there is shown an overheadlighting fixture comprised of a supporting member 5 in which a suitablelamp socket, not shown, is mounted and which supports a reflector 6. Thereflector 6 may be attached to the support 5 in any suitable manner andcomprises a dome-shaped member I having a plurality of ventilating slots8 formed on an upper flattened portion 9 thereof, for directing thelight from a bulb, not shown, downwardly. The reflector 6 or thesupporting member 5, and preferably the supporting member. 5, may beequipped with any suitable clamping devices for detachably holding aglobe III in the reflector to diifuse the light from the bulb, notshown.

When it becomes necessary to replace light bulbs in the fixture, abasket, designated generally by the number ll, may be attached to thefixture to catch a light bulb or globe inadvertently dropped by anoperator, whose hands have been shown at [2 and I3 replacing the bulb.The basket ll comprises a body portion formed of a plurality of segmentsM of light weight canvas, duck, or like material sewed together andattached to a circular framework I5, which holds the segments [4 in theposition shown in Fig. 1. Attached to the segments l4 adjacent theframework |5 are two pairs of straps I! and I8 and I9 and 20. The pairsof straps I1 and I8 and I9 and 2|] in the embodiment of the inventionshown herein are formed by slitting wider straps 2| and 22,respectively, throughout the greater part of the length thereof to leavea short upper portion not split to which hooks 23 and 24 may beattached. The hooks 23 and '24 are identical in construction and thehook 23, as shown in section in Fig. 3, comprises a body portion 29,which is secured to the strap 2| by a pair of rivets 25, a handleportion 26 and a hook portion Zl. The handle portion 26 provides a meanswhereby an operator may grasp the hook 23 to hook the hooked portion 2!thereof in one of the ventilating slots 8 of the reflector 8, wherebythe basket may be suspended under the fixture during the replacement ofa lamp.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been describedhereinbefore, it will be understood that modifications may be madethereof without departing from the scope of the.

invention, which is to be limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a lighting fixture having a reflector surrounded bya globe detachably car ried on the fixture, of a globe catching devicecomprising a basket portion of flexible material, an annular stiffeningmember attached to an upper edge thereof, pairs of straps having theirlower ends attached at spaced points to opposite sides of said basketportion, and members having hook and handle portions at opposite endssecuredintermediate said portions, said hook portions adapted to engagein ventilating slots in the upper portion of the reflector forconnecting the device to the fixture with the upper edge of the basketportion spaced from the lower edge of the reflector, the straps bearingupon the lower edge of the reflector and the outer surface thereof.

ORA G. HALE. FREDERICK L. KELLER.

